Discover the best tourist attractions of western Ukraine with Maria Zawaski! Maria is a freelance journalist, born on the West of Ukraine, got married to Canada. "Now, when I live abroad, I recommend to all my foreign friends to visit western part of my home country Ukraine. Why the western one - it is because I used to live there, so I am more familiar with that part of the country and I can tell lots of stories about the culture, lifestyle and traditions of Ukrainian West," Maria says

Unique Daffodils Valley In Ukraine

May is one of the best months to travel to the West Ukraineand Narcissi Valley (Daffodils Valley) is the one of the best May’s attractions there. Can you imagine a valley of 643 acres, full of white blossoming beauty of incredible pleasant scent, that can even make you dizzy a little bit? Yes, this is Narcissi Valley the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. It is located in the Khust district of Zakarpattya region (Western Ukraine).
Biologists and historians discovered, that wild narcissi (wild daffodils) of this valley are relict from Ice Age. Only few places in the world like this. West Ukrainian one is only Narcissi Valley (Daffodil Valley) in the Central Europe; other ones are located in Alps and Balkans.
For Ukrainian people the Narcissi Valley is so special because they love narcissi very much. Ukrainians grow tiny plants of narcissi by the houses, in parks and squares, but not everybody saw such a huge massive of these nice flowers at the same time! That’s why thousands of Ukrainians are coming to the Khust district every year, from May 1 till May 21 (season of narcissi blooming in Ukraine). So if you will have a chance to stay in Western Ukraine that time, visit a Narcissi Valley, this place is really worth to see!

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You don’t need visa for travel to Ukraine

If you are citizen of USA, Canada, European Union, Switzerland or Liechtenstein, you don’t need a TOURIST visa for travel to Ukraine. Decree about it was signed in 2005. Tourist visa to Ukraine means that you are going to stay in Ukraine not more than 90 days. So for your short term stay in Ukraine (less than 90 days) you just need to have a travel passport and to buy a ticket, that’s it.
P.S. The same rules work for the citizens of Japan, Andorra, Vatican, Iceland, Monaco, Norway and San Marino. People of these countries don’t need a tourist visa to Ukraine, too.